An early start this morning out to Bucha Kot Village in Phoolbari, checking out potential sites for an agriculture project. While there we were able to meet some local villagers who customarily offered us cups of tea. It was a shock for me, despite all I have heard about and seen about the water issues facing many villages in Nepal - to hear that these villagers wake up at 3am to collect water from the well up the top of the hill.
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| Ghorma preparing a cup of tea in her home |
Ghorma, the lovely lady who made us tea said that despite the early start she was not always guaranteed to collect water at the end of her hour long journey, as the queues at the well become so long. She has to collect 2 buckets per day, one to give to her 5 goats and one for the use of the family. Each journey takes an hour each way walking, and with waiting at the well this can take 5 or 6 hours of her time each day.
Sadly 10 years ago there was a plentiful supply of water to the village tap right outside her home, but this, along with many others in the vicinity has dried up. May younger family members are now leaving the village because of the water supply problems.
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| Ghorma by the village water tap that has been dry for 10 years |
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| Ghormas 5 goats |
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Half the ground floor is used to house the goats overnight, the other half is the kitchen
(This is a standard design in the villages) |
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| Sitting inside beside the kitchen |
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